What is odd to me is this: the new ad uses some of the same language of the old one. Except they decided not to use this: “I mean, when the head of the Ku Klux Klan, when all these weird groups, come out in favor of the candidate of my party, either they’re not Republicans or I’m not.” A … Read More
Trump’s VP Mike Pence: The Bullet Points
He’s anti-gay. As governor of Indiana, he signed a “religious freedom” bill into law which basically made it okay to discriminate against gay couples and gay marriages. He backed down once businesses threatened Indiana boycotts. See Pence Lies Himself Into A Corner, Bigots Get It, The Indiana “Religious Freedom” Law Isn’t Like Past Laws, Indiana Governor Plans To Sign Pro-Discrimination Bill Into … Read More
Presidential Race Even – Time To Panic?
For the first time ever this presidential season, my Polltracker graph (in the right column) shows Trump ahead of Hillary Clinton. According to the Polltracker poll averages, Trump has 41.1% to Clinton’s 40.2%. A couple of things to note. Most importantly, Trump’s poll numbers have not gone up. Almost no national poll places Trump above 45%. It is, and always … Read More
Nice Terror Attack: At Least 84 Killed, Including 10 Children, As Truck Slams Into Bastille Day Crowd
He drove more than a mile through the crowd, swerving at times to make sure he hit people. The videos of the carnage are devastating. The driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was shot and killed. The victims include two Americans: Texas residents Sean Copeland, 51, and his son Brodie, 11, who were on vacation with their family in Nice. Here’s what we know about … Read More
RaceBaiter
So this happened: During two separate discussions of Black Lives Matters protests on Tuesday, Donald Trump claimed that people have called for moments of silence for Micah Johnson, the gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas and injured nine others, without specifying who or where. On an O’Reilly Factor segment….“I saw what they’ve said about police at various marches … Read More
What The Hell Kind Of Campaign Are You Running There, Trump
Lolwut?: Donald Trump is suing former aide Sam Nunberg for $10 million over a breach of confidentiality agreement, according to a Wednesday Associated Press report. Trump’s suit charges that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters. In a court filing obtained by the AP, Nunberg accuses Trump of filing the lawsuit to silence him “in a misguided attempt to cover up … Read More
Damage Report: Clinton Email Scandal Fallout
From the latest set of Quinnipiac polls, it seems that the recent attention on Hillary Clinton’s email practices as secretary of state has taken a toll. The Department of Justice has dropped the case, but several of Mrs. Clinton’s statements were disputed by the F.B.I., which said she was “extremely careless” with classified information. Specifically, surveys from Quinnipiac University show the two candidates … Read More
Trump v. Ginsburg: The Rare Occasion Where Trump Is Right
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no fan of Trump. She has launched criticisms of him in interviews with three news organizations.She told CNN Wednesday: He is a faker. He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. … How has he gotten away with not turning over … Read More
Hillary Clinton: The Vox Interview
This is a nice interview. Yes, Ezra Klein is partial to Clinton, but that is irrelevant. The questions are not always softball, and more importantly, she answers them. Table of contents: 0:00 – Extreme poverty, welfare reform, and the working poor 6:08 – Is it time for more deficit spending? 10:15 – Would more immigration be good for the economy? 19:00 – The … Read More
Happy Endorsement Day
I think Bernie waited too long to do this — the fact that he is (finally) endorsing Hillary is irrelevant now. There are, to be sure, some very loud and obnoxious #BernieorBust supporters who are actually butt hurt by this, having held on to the delusion for so long. It is unclear who they will take it out on, Bernie … Read More
Pew Poll Looks At Demographics Of 2016 Race
The summary chart is too big to cut-and-paste, so I will just link to it. Basically, it is another Clinton-Trump poll and it shows Clinton leading Trump by 9 points. But then it compares this presidential race to the polling in June of 2012 and June of 2008 to see where the demographics of the electorate have changed. Here are … Read More
Trump Meets With House Republicans (And Senate Republicans)
And this happened: Another Republican in the meeting who declined to go on the record so he could speak candidly told TPM that Trump was asked pointedly if he would defend Article I of the Constitution. “Not only will I stand up for Article One,” Trump enthusiastically stated, according to the member in the room. “I’ll stand up for Article … Read More
Breaking: It’s A Perjury Trap
FBI Director James Comey is on the Hill right now testifying before the House. He stated that he did not believe that Hillary Clinton lied to the FBI about her email server nor broke the law. It’s what he was expected to say. However, at one point, he was asked if Clinton lied to Congress when she testified (before the … Read More
Let’s Face It: The Way We Classify Documents Is F*cked
Another reason it is hard to get all bent out of shape about the Clinton email “scandal” came to me moments ago in the form of a Tweet I read: State Dept spox Kirby just now says two emails that Comey said were ‘marked classified’ were wrongly marked, and were not classified. — Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) July 6, 2016 Yup. … Read More
Breaking: Corker Takes Himself Off Trump’s VP List
Yesterday, Trump and Senator Bob Corker were together in Raleigh NC campaigning at a Trump rally. Today, this: Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker withdrew himself Wednesday from consideration as a possible running mate for Donald Trump. The surprise move comes as sources had told CNN Corker was being “very seriously” vetted by the Trump campaign. But Corker, who is chairman of … Read More